A Disrupted Thanksgiving Leaves the Turkey Business Guessing

The farmer John Peterson surrounded by turkeys in Cannon Falls, Minn., Oct. 5, 2020. Cooks around the country are just starting to calculate menus and decide how many guests they can safely host for Thanksgiving — but for months, the people who grow and sell the centerpiece of the meal have been doing their own kind of turkey math. (Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times)